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This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

At the base of the Spring Mountains, a unique nursery packed with desert plants.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

A blast of nostalgia awaits visitors to this miniature indoor raceway.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

Experience Larry Spring's self-taught "common sense" laws of physics.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.